Afghans and their neighbors are preparing for a post-American Afghanistan and Washington’s influence, no matter what U.S. officials assert, is diminishing rapidly. This may be the only issue on which everyone in Afghanistan and its rivalry-ridden region can agree. Read more: Hamid Karzai, Prisoners in Afghanistan, Iran, Taliban Afghanistan, Pakistan, US Troops Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, [...]
The discovery in late 2010 of the huge natural gas bonanza off Israel’s Mediterranean shores triggered other neighboring countries to look more closely at their own waters.
Afghans and their neighbors are preparing for a post-American Afghanistan and Washington’s influence, no matter what U.S. officials assert, is diminishing rapidly. This may be the only issue on which everyone in Afghanistan and its rivalry-ridden region can agree. Read more: Hamid Karzai, Prisoners in Afghanistan, Iran, Taliban Afghanistan, Pakistan, US Troops Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, [...]
KHABARI CROSSING, Kuwait — The last U.S. soldiers rolled out of Iraq across the border into neighboring Kuwait at daybreak Sunday, whooping, fis… Read more: Iraq War, Video, Saddam Hussein, US Soldiers, Soldiers Leave Iraq, US Troops in Iraq, Troops in Iraq, Iraq Withdrawal, John Jewell, Soldiers Iraq War, Iraq, US Soldiers Iraq, World News [...]
North and South Korean relations have faltered again — this time over a Christmas tree. North Korea warned its neighbor on Sunday that the South w… Read more: North Korea Christmas, Korea Christmas Tower, South Korea Christmas, South Korea, South Korea Christmas Tower, North Korea Christmas Tower, North Korea, World News
While some analysts have lauded a regional strategy for economic growth as envisioned in the Silk Road initiative, others have been more skeptical, given the geopolitical rivalries among Afghanistan’s neighbors. Read more: Afghan-Economy, Post War Afghanistan, Afghanistan Economy, Afghanistan Economic Future, New Silk Road Strategy Afghanistan, New Silk Road Strategy, War in Afghanistan, Future Afghanistan, [...]
TRIPOLI, Libya — Moammar Gadhafi’s wife and three of his children fled Libya to neighboring Algeria on Monday, firm evidence that the longtime leader has lost his grip on the country. Iraq news Military News Military Breaking News Military Family News Veterans News
The federal government continues to take steps to curb the problem of veteran homelessness. Public housing authorities in 18 states will receive $5.4 million to provide permanent housing for nearly 700 homeless veterans, according to a joint announcement Monday from the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Veterans Affairs. This is [...]
BEIJING (Reuters) – North Korea needs a stable region to develop and wants to return to nuclear disarmament talks, the country’s leader, Kim Jong-il, said during his latest secretive trip to China, which prodded its poor neighbor to open up. This week’s trip was Kim’s third to Asia’s biggest economy in just over a year, [...]
Is Syria headed for all out civil war? Hard to tell, but there are ominous signs that a tipping point is not too far away. The total media blockade imposed by the 41-year old Assad family dynasty has made it virtually impossible to get a clear picture what is actually taking place inside the country [...]
